[LM_NET] Struggling for perspective on Katrina

[James Lerman <pronto30@EARTHLINK.NET>]

For those on the list who may, like me, be struggling to gain some 
understanding of what Katrina means to the US and (because of our real 
as well as self-proclaimed position in it) the world, may I commend 
today's issue of the New York Times?
Specifically, there is a suite of articles in the Week in Review section 
that shed remarkable light. Written by Jason DeParle, John M. Barry, 
Richard Bernstein, Frank Rich, and Anne Rice, these pieces give us 
historical, cultural, political, geographic, and sociological viewpoints 
that can be extremely helpful.
The enormity of this situation also demonstrates, for me, the present 
impossibility of the terms "impartial" and "objective." It seems to me, 
what we can hope for these days is that coverage try to be "fair." 
Impartiality and objectivity are for another era.

James Lerman
principal
New Vista
New York, NY
pronto30@earthlink.net


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